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. 2017 Apr 13;164(1):41–56. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4234-4

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of clinical variables for DMFS according to molecular subtype

Total HR+/HER2− HR+/HER2+ HR−/HER2+ TNBC
Hazard ratio 95% CI P value Hazard ratio 95% CI P value Hazard ratio 95% CI P value Hazard ratio 95% CI P value Hazard ratio 95% CI P value
No. of patients (no. of events) 815 (209) 408 (108) 111 (32) 104 (28) 192 (41)
Age (years)
 <50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 ≥50 0.74 0.56 0.99 0.042 0.76 0.51 1.14 0.184 0.47 0.19 1.15 0.098 0.83 0.39 1.76 0.630 0.76 0.39 1.50 0.431
Tumor size (cm)
 ≤2 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 2–5 1.70 1.25 2.30 0.001 1.59 1.06 2.40 0.025 1.13 0.53 2.43 0.745 2.39 0.90 6.35 0.081 2.18 1.02 4.63 0.044
 >5 2.13 1.26 3.60 0.005 2.25 1.08 4.66 0.029 1.05 0.23 4.82 0.947 1.68 0.32 8.64 0.538 3.91 1.31 11.68 0.015
Lymph node status
 Negative 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Positive 2.74 2.04 3.68 <0.001 3.04 1.99 4.66 <0.001 2.78 1.20 6.42 0.017 1.87 0.88 3.96 0.101 2.82 1.51 5.29 0.001
Histologic grade
 1 1.00 1.00 1.00
 2 1.64 0.90 2.97 0.104 1.56 0.83 2.94 0.169 1.13 0.13 9.64 0.914 1.00 1.00
 3 2.40 1.35 4.26 0.003 2.33 1.22 4.44 0.010 3.89 0.52 28.90 0.184 1.05 0.41 2.65 0.925 1.36 0.59 3.14 0.468

Hazard ratios with P values < 0.05 are marked in bold

HR hormone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer, CI confidence interval